What Happened to Soldier Boy in Season 3? Does Soldier Boy Die in Season 3?
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Updated Jun 14, 2024
Soldier Boy
Soldier Boy is a superhero character in the comic series Herogasm and The Boys, created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. There are three versions of Soldier Boy. The third Soldier Boy leads the superhero team Payback and is one of the few good Supes who hates bad language.
Every year, he has sex with Homelander, thinking it will let him join Homelander's team, the Seven. Butcher, a CIA agent, captures and kills Soldier Boy for information about Homelander. The original Soldier Boy died during World War II, replaced by the second Soldier Boy.
In the TV show The Boys, Soldier Boy, played by Jensen Ackles, appears in Season 3. He is the first American Supe created in World War II. During the Cold War, his team betrayed him, and he was captured by the Russians.
Soldier Boy can shoot a powerful beam from his chest that takes away other Supes' powers. It is later revealed that Homelander is his son. Soldier Boy also appears in the spin-off show Gen V as an imaginary friend.
What Happened to Soldier Boy in Season 3?
In Season 3 of "The Boys," Soldier Boy is revealed to be Homelander’s father. He tries to connect with Homelander but ends up rejecting him harshly, calling him a disappointment. Soldier Boy teams up with Butcher and The Boys to take down Homelander.
In the final showdown, Soldier Boy unleashes a powerful explosion. Butcher, wanting to protect Ryan, attacks Soldier Boy with a laser, causing a fight between them. Queen Maeve steps in and sacrifices herself to stop Soldier Boy’s explosion, saving New York City but losing her eye and powers in the process.
After the battle, Soldier Boy is subdued and put back into cryogenic sleep, ensuring he can't cause any more harm. This brings his chaotic journey in Season 3 to an end.
Does Soldier Boy Die in Season 3?
In Season 3 of The Boys, Soldier Boy does not die. At the end of the season, Soldier Boy is captured by Grace Mallory after a big fight at the Seven Tower. He is then put back into a special gas chamber to keep him unconscious. So, Soldier Boy is still alive, but he is not awake and can't cause any trouble.
Even though he doesn't die in Season 3, Soldier Boy appears in the spin-off show Gen V. In Gen V, he is seen as a part of Cate's imagination, not as his real self. This imaginary version of Soldier Boy helps to explain some things in Cate's mind.
Eventually, this version turns to ash when something happens inside Cate's imagination. But the real Soldier Boy, the one from The Boys, is still alive and in the gas chamber. So, Soldier Boy is alive but not active at the end of Season 3.
Is Soldier Boy Dead After His Gen V Cameo?
In the Gen V show, Soldier Boy explains that blood vessels are bursting in Cate's mind, which is destroying parts of her imagination. Soon after, another blood vessel bursts and Soldier Boy turns into a pile of ash. This version of Soldier Boy is dead, but it's important to know that this Soldier Boy is not real.
He is just a part of Cate's imagination. The real Soldier Boy, from The Boys series, is still alive. In The Boys Season 3, Soldier Boy was put back into a gas chamber and left unconscious. The show used Cate's mind to bring an imaginary version of Soldier Boy into Gen V without affecting the main story.
So, even though the imaginary Soldier Boy dies in Gen V, the actual Soldier Boy is still alive and may appear again in future seasons of The Boys. This creative solution allowed Soldier Boy to appear in Gen V without changing the main storyline.
What does Soldier Boy's Gen V Appearance Mean for The Boys Season 4?
Soldier Boy is expected to be very important in The Boys Season 4, so his appearance in Gen V could affect future episodes. Since this version of Soldier Boy is only in Cate's mind, his death there doesn't change anything in the real world.
If characters from Gen V appear in The Boys Season 4, they might mention this moment when they meet the real Soldier Boy. Cate's crush on Soldier Boy might come up again as a funny joke.
Soldier Boy's cameo in Gen V also shows how people see him. The Godolkin gang's reaction shows that he is still very famous, even after being gone for many years. Andre mentions that Soldier Boy is a Russian asset, which is a fake story Vought spread after his problems in The Boys Season 3.
Gen V highlights Soldier Boy's lasting impact, which might evolve in Season 4. New episodes of Gen V come out on Fridays on Amazon Prime Video.
